Collaboration networks, structural holes, and innovation: A longitudinal study

Administrative Science Quarterly

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 425-455

  Ahuja, Gautam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 0034336937     PISSN: 00018392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2667105     Document Type: Article

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